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From: Recombination analysis on the receptor switching event of MERS-CoV and its close relatives: implications for the emergence of MERS-CoV

Fig. 4

Geographical distribution of virus sampling sites. Global map showing the sampling location of all merbecoviruses with tested receptor usage. Location points on the map are labelled by the viruses’ receptor usage. The inset on the left highlights the emergence/sampling sites of HCoV-EMC/2012, PDF-2180 and NeoCoV (Middle East and Africa). The inset on the right highlights the sampling sites of HKU31, LMH03f, BtCoV-422, HKU25, B04f, and SM3A (Southern China). MjHKU4-1 and MjHKU4-4 (labelled with asterisks) sampled in pangolins (Manis javanica) were collected in Guangxi, China (as shown on the map), but the pangolins were originally retrieved during anti-smuggling events from Southeast Asia [51]

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